Wedding planning guides
Practical guides to choosing a destination, setting a budget, arranging the ceremony and helping your guests plan the trip.
63 published guides32 destination guidesLatest update: 18 Sept 2026
How to get married in Mallorca.
For planning, this guide estimates a Mallorca wedding for 70 guests at €45,000 to €85,000 all in, with finca and coastal-villa venues at the heart of it.
- Estimate, 70 guests
- €45 – 85k
- Best months
- May · June · September
- Reading
- 13 min read
- Revised
- 18 Sept 2026
Where to marry abroad, and why there.
Each destination gets a proper dossier, venues, cost, weather, paperwork, and the honest reasons it might not suit you.
How to get married in Mallorca.
For planning, this guide estimates a Mallorca wedding for 70 guests at €45,000 to €85,000 all in, with finca and coastal-villa venues at the heart of it.
How to get married in the Algarve.
You do not have to live in Portugal to marry there. Each of you needs a birth certificate issued within the last six months, proof that you are free to marry, and Portuguese…
How to get married on the Amalfi Coast.
For planning, this guide estimates an Amalfi Coast wedding for 70 guests at €80,000 to €150,000 all in, with Ravello villas and Positano cliffside hotels at the heart of it.
How to get married in Tuscany.
For planning, this guide estimates a Tuscany wedding for 70 guests at €55,000 to €110,000 including VAT. Private Chianti villas, Val d'Orcia agriturismi, and restored borghi make…
How to get married on Lake Como.
For planning, this guide estimates a Lake Como wedding for 70 guests at €90,000 to €170,000 including VAT. Historic lakefront villas (Balbiano, Balbianello, Pizzo) are the venue…
How to get married in Santorini.
For planning, this guide estimates a Santorini wedding for 70 guests at €55,000 to €100,000 including VAT. Caldera-rim hotels (Canaves Oia, Mystique, Andronis) and cliffside…
How to get married in Provence.
For planning, this guide estimates a Provence wedding for 70 guests at €60,000 to €120,000 including VAT. Restored Luberon mas and Alpilles bastides are the venue backbone.
How to get married in Tulum.
For planning, this guide estimates a Tulum wedding for 70 guests at $55,000 to $120,000 USD including IVA. Full buyouts of beachfront boutique hotels (Nomade, Sanará, Be Tulum,…
How to get married in Mykonos.
For planning, this guide estimates a Mykonos wedding for 70 guests at €60,000 to €120,000 including VAT. Full hotel buyouts (Bill & Coo, Cavo Tagoo, Kenshō) and beach-club…
How to get married in Cabo San Lucas.
This guide models $65,000–$140,000 USD for a Cabo wedding with 70 guests. Resort settings along the Tourist Corridor are a common option.
Getting married in the Maldives as a foreigner.
For planning, this guide estimates a Maldives wedding for 50 guests at $200,000 to $400,000 USD, the highest per-person cost of any mainstream destination.
How to get married in Bali.
For planning, this guide estimates a Bali wedding for 70 guests at $50,000 to $130,000 USD including PPN. Private villa compounds, Uluwatu cliff chapels, and resort buyouts are…
16 destination wedding locations to compare.
Compare 16 destination wedding locations by guest travel, budget, season and venue style. Start with where your guests are based, then ask shortlisted venues for quotes.
How to get married in Barbados.
A Barbados wedding guide: the legal requirements, real venues, what it costs, the best time of year, and how to plan a Caribbean destination wedding.
How to get married in Cancún.
A Cancún wedding guide: estimated 2026 costs, the legal requirements, the best time of year, and the resorts couples keep booking.
How to get married in Charleston.
A Charleston wedding guide: the best venues and estimated 2026 costs, when to marry, and how the South Carolina license works.
How to get married in Costa Rica.
A guide to planning a destination wedding in Costa Rica: regions, venues, legal requirements, estimated costs, and timing, from Guanacaste to the Osa Peninsula.
How to get married in Dubrovnik.
Everything you need to plan a destination wedding in Dubrovnik, from venues and costs to legal paperwork and the best months to marry on the Adriatic.
How to get married in Ibiza.
A guide to an Ibiza destination wedding: real venues, estimated costs, legal requirements, and the best time of year to marry on the island.
Irish castle wedding guide: venues, costs and legal steps
A guide to planning an Irish castle wedding, with estimated 2026 venue pricing, legal requirements for foreign couples, and how to build the weekend.
How to get married in Jamaica.
A guide to a Jamaica destination wedding: legal requirements, the best resorts and regions, estimated costs, and the ideal time of year.
How to get married at Lake Tahoe.
A guide to a Lake Tahoe wedding: the best lakefront and mountain venues, estimated 2026 costs, the California-versus-Nevada license question, and when to book.
How to get married in Lisbon.
A guide to a Lisbon destination wedding: real venues in Sintra and Cascais, estimated costs, Portugal's legal requirements, and the best months to marry.
Marrakech wedding venues, costs, and legal requirements.
What it costs, where to marry, how the legal paperwork works, and how to build a three-day celebration in Marrakech.
How to get married in Maui.
A Maui wedding guide: venues by region, estimated costs, the Hawaii marriage license, a planning timeline, and the things that catch couples out.
How to get married in Napa Valley.
A guide to a Napa Valley wedding: real venues, 2026 costs, California marriage license steps, and the best season to plan around.
How to get married in the Riviera Maya.
A guide to planning a Riviera Maya wedding: the best venues, estimated costs, legal requirements, and the ideal time of year to marry.
How to get married in Savannah.
A guide to getting married in Savannah, Georgia: real venues, 2026 costs, the best season, and how to get your marriage license.
How to get married in the Scottish Highlands.
A guide to a Scottish Highlands wedding: real castle venues, costs, legal requirements, the best season, and how to plan from abroad.
How to get married in Sedona.
A guide to a Sedona wedding: the best red-rock venues, estimated costs, Arizona marriage-license rules, permits, and the best time of year to marry.
How to get married in St. Lucia.
A complete St. Lucia wedding guide covering the best venues, estimated costs, legal requirements, and the ideal time of year to marry beneath the Pitons.
How to get married in Turks and Caicos.
A guide to a Turks and Caicos wedding: legal requirements, the best venues on Grace Bay, estimated costs, and the ideal time of year to marry.
The runway, in order.
What to do, when, and what it will cost. The pieces we reach for most often in the first thirty minutes of a planning call.
The paperwork, in plain English.
Civil ceremonies abroad are a lead-time problem, not a difficult one. We explain the process country by country.
The manner of the thing.
Destination weddings ask more of guests than a weekend in the next town. These are the pieces we hand to couples who want to ask it well.
For the guests, pass along.
Written to be forwarded to your invitees, practical, warm, and short enough to read at the gate.
Dispatches from the weekend.
First-person accounts from real wedding weekends, written by the people who were there, not by us.
Read these first, if you’re new.
A starter’s triptych, the three pieces that answer most of the questions we hear in the first planning call.
How to choose a destination wedding location.
Destination wedding budget breakdown, line by line.
Destination wedding etiquette for couples and guests.
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